As a Canuck living in the U.S.A. who visits the homeland once a year or so, I am appalled at the price of booze in Canada. Thirty bucks for a 24? Serious financial restructuring would be needed in order for me to stay at the level of intoxication I am used to.How about weed, what are the prices like, and can I go to a store to purchase?You get spoiled down here....

Rip Dashrock:As a Canuck living in the U.S.A. who visits the homeland once a year or so, I am appalled at the price of booze in Canada. Thirty bucks for a 24? Serious financial restructuring would be needed in order for me to stay at the level of intoxication I am used to.How about weed, what are the prices like, and can I go to a store to purchase?You get spoiled down here....

you can't goto a store but anything more than 5 for $40 is a god damned robbery and it had damn well be good at that price. Or so I have heard.

It's like .. a 5% variance. That's rather tiny. I've done a lot of travelling in Canada and the States, and really, if you like any vice, it's easy to get, anywhere, and lots of people are doing it, in all places.

Rip Dashrock:As a Canuck living in the U.S.A. who visits the homeland once a year or so, I am appalled at the price of booze in Canada. Thirty bucks for a 24? Serious financial restructuring would be needed in order for me to stay at the level of intoxication I am used to.How about weed, what are the prices like, and can I go to a store to purchase?You get spoiled down here....

Not in stores. I've heard on the streets it's $10-15 for a light gram, buying from a random dealer. If you have a half decent connection, $200-250 for an ounce of good stuff.

baconbeard:Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

DOUG: Those big cons are gonna' love you, eh.BOB: what do ya' mean?DOUG: Your a cute little guy. There gonna' be LOVIN' you from dawn til dusk.BOB: Where are you gonna' be?DOUG: I'll be in Quebec selling smokes.

starsrift:baconbeard: Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

As with any gold rush, it's the guys selling picks and shovels that get rich. Or in this case, selling booze and titties.

Rip Dashrock:As a Canuck living in the U.S.A. who visits the homeland once a year or so, I am appalled at the price of booze in Canada. Thirty bucks for a 24? Serious financial restructuring would be needed in order for me to stay at the level of intoxication I am used to.How about weed, what are the prices like, and can I go to a store to purchase?You get spoiled down here....

The weed in canada is plentifull and cheap and of the highest quality my friend.150$ an oz for kush my friend. Even I was shocked to find such a deal in a crap hole like red deer alberta

I moved from BC to Alberta a little over a decade ago. First thing you notice are the private liquor stores on every corner, and adult video stores all over as well. That's what you find in a conservative province. In liberal BC you just have Hells Angels growing weed all over, and hippies smoking it.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo:starsrift: baconbeard: Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

As with any gold rush, it's the guys selling picks and shovels that get rich. Or in this case, selling booze and titties.

Waitresses at steak houses are brought up for a couple weeks at a time from Edmonton and Calgary. They make insane tips but the trade-off is that you have to live in the ultimate shiathole - Ft McMurray.

Russ1642:Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: starsrift: baconbeard: Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

As with any gold rush, it's the guys selling picks and shovels that get rich. Or in this case, selling booze and titties.

Waitresses at steak houses are brought up for a couple weeks at a time from Edmonton and Calgary. They make insane tips but the trade-off is that you have to live in the ultimate shiathole - Ft McMurray.

Ft mc is a hard place to be. I lived there for years after finishing university. It doesn't deserve the bad rap though. People there work hard and play hard. But they do it honestly.

starsrift:baconbeard: Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

Um... Have you actually been to Fort Mac? No? Then STFU.

/1 strip club for 116,000 people is not what I would call pervasive//most of them fly back home on days off, it's in their contracts

Benevolent Misanthrope:starsrift: baconbeard: Tony_Pepperoni: krafty420: How the Hell does Nova Scotia Newfoundland not beat the rest of Canada at drinking?

They're all in Alberta "working" the tar sands.

Pretty much this. The oil workers work long weeks, and then piss their money away on booze and strippers during their week off. Rare is the tarsands worker who can actually save some of the mad bank they make.

Um... Have you actually been to Fort Mac? No? Then STFU.

/1 strip club for 116,000 people is not what I would call pervasive//most of them fly back home on days off, it's in their contracts

Agreed! I've lived there too and still end up there for the job. Hard edged place but full of opportunities

Suckmaster Burstingfoam:teenage mutant ninja rapist: This is canada my friends. Drinking fighting farking and doing dope of all sorts is all we have to do besides go to work.

you gotta be hard to handle a canadian winter my friends. Regadless of province.

The funniest thing I read recently was Barry Ritholtz's description of what it was like to walk two blocks in Regina in February. Pussy.

And that was a warm day, only -25 with the wind chill.

Personally I like when it's brutally cold - I get to wear my balaclava. Too bad here in- southern Ontario it doesn't go below -20 at all anymore.

Originally Im a thunder bay guy. Lived there till I was 10. Lived all over the country since. Took a visit back in 96.it was the most farked up winter I have ever seen. It was it's usual -20 to 30. But the snow, damn it was so much snow.

single story houses were totally buried. Bus shelters buried.the roads had walls made of snow. Whoever found thunder bay and thought this would be a nice place to live is an idiot.